Fishing Reports
1331 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Bluegill
Fished a HS derby on Clearwater flipping grass jigs and frogging the reeds. Got the frog bites up in the reeds while clearing out the roaming bass off the reeds with the Outkast Stealth Feider jig with a muscle back craw. Came out with a 5th place in this one!
Shimano SLX XT A Casting Reel - EOL Left / 7.2:1
Out of Stock
Shimano SLX XT A Casting Reel - EOL Left / 8.2:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
72°
Morning bite was great with a top water, I prefer a whopper plopper 90 (especially loon) or a walking bait. Once the heat comes out switching to a Texas rig or wacky rig was very productive in getting 4+lb large mouth in the reeds and cabbage. If your by docks I recommend having a football jig rigged up and get that thing under there.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
72°
I fished a greenhorn out here and ended up with around 16 and did not do too well. but our main fish were on the chatterbait up shallow on the grass flats. also caught a few key fish out deep on the drop shot.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
69°
Had 11 pounds out here and did most of my damage around docks and also was fishing gill beds. I caught one four-pounder that helped a ton and was able to take fourth place. Fish were very tough to catch due to the clear water and tough conditions.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
I was fishing a Tokyo rig with a 3/8 out tungsten barrel weight. Casting into submerged vegetation and letting it sit and then pulling through slowly.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
57°
Caught fish around edge of lake in very shallow cover using sakamata shad and tn50. Most fish were caught on vision 110 on wind blown point.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
Caught fish on shallow flat in isolated coontail clumps. Also found fish up in matted grass punching through matted grass and pads. Working the flat slow and thoroughly was key to maximizing number of bites in area.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
63°
I was fishing from shore with a crank bait. I reeled in semi-quickly then let it rise for a second then BAM! I had a bass on.
Rapala Countdown Crankbait 2" / Silver
Out of Stock
Seviin GS Series Spinning Reel 2500 / 6.0:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
70°
Threw a Wacky senko up next to a dock. Also caught some in the pads
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Large Hair Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
Quality bass off deeper hard spots and bluegills beds on deeper weed edges. Chicken jig was best, also caught nice bass slow rolling swimbait and on drop shot
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
72°
Texas rig plastics down weed lines key in on hard bottom stay around bluegill and you find bass in
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
71°
With the water being so high you have to find a way to effectively cover and eliminate dead water, I flipped this bait up and down different stretches of flooded brush. Wherever I got bit I came back to the opposite direction with different baits and was able to narrow my fishing down to about a 50 yard stretch going back and fourth getting bit often! Switching between a bronco bug and then a more subtle trick worm.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
69°
I fished weed lines on offshore structure in 12-15’. These weedless dropshot hooks make fishing weed lines easy. Most of the fish hit on the drop. We didn’t catch anything huge, but dropshotting weed lines on Minnetonka is a sure-fire way to catch a TON of fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
64°
Pitching into reeds then soaking the Texas rigged senko
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
Pitching a wacky rigged senko to the edge of lily pads
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
Skipping docks and finding the ones with the most shade. Important to have a good hook to keep em pinned
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
72°
Outing was for the evening of June 19th, fished our Wednesday nighter from 5 to 8:45pm. Weather was light winds from the north, with mostly sunny skies. Water temps in the low 70's range. Water was very high with most shores flooded. We tried the inlet on the main lake with no luck, then tried some docks with catching a dink and a barely legal 13". Then tried some frogging and got some hits, but not a lot of eaters if you know what I mean. We stuck with the frogging as we were getting a decent number of hits, not a ton of actual catches. I feel like they weren't really eating it and just hitting. But overall caught a couple more keepers with one being over 5 pounds. Overall weighed in 3 fish for 8.9 pounds to come in 3rd place and take home the big bass cash. Overall for the league it was a very tough night with high pressure weather after a ton of rainy days.
